The Teachers Service Commission (TSC) has been asked to provide teachers with good salaries to enable them and their families to enjoy life as they discharge duties.
Retired teacher John Ogeto said teachers deserve better earnings like their peers in the civil service decrying the low salaries given to them by the employer.
“Some of them do honest work but earn peanuts not enough even to buy one dairy cow for their families and have enough to use for family needs such as payment of school fees for their children and other bill,” he said.
He was speaking at Kiogo Primary and Junior Secondary School when he joined teachers and their learners to mourn one of their teachers.
The deceased Gabriel Mokono, who hailed from Kitutu Central Sub-county, rested yesterday morning after a long illness bravely borne.
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Kisii County KUPPET Executive Secretary Joseph Abincha was among the first people to send his condolences on behalf of union’s leadership to the bereaved family.
In a message seen by Education News, Abincha said that with sorrowful hearts, they were saddened to learn with grief and shock the untimely passing on of the teacher.
“His passion for teaching and kind spirit touched the lives of many but his absence leaves a profound void,” read part of the message.
He said that the late Mokono was a devoted teacher whose commitment to his learners and the entire community will be missed immensely.
The passing on of the teacher comes barely two weeks after the demise of the Principal and Deputy Principal of Rianyabaro and Nyagichenche secondary schools.
The late Rianyabaro Principal Shem Abere was involved in road accident while Nyagichenche Deputy Principal Edna Naliaka died after battling illness for many days.
By Enock Okong’o
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